Bill-file and pocket attachment.



PATENTBD JAN. 20, 1903.

e. 'H. MAURER. BILL FILE AND POCKET ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 30, 1902.

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G. H. MAURER.

BILL FILE AND POCKET ATTAUHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED APB..'30, 1902.

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Unitas STATES ATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. MAURER, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

BILL -FILE AND POCKET ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 718,718, dated January 20, 1903.

Application filed April 30. 1902 Serial No. 105,866. (No model.)

10 to whom it may concern/.

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. MAURER, a citizen of the United States, residing at No. 611 Seventh street northwest, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, have invented certain newand usefullmprovements in Bill-Files with Pocket Attachments; and I do declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will'enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The invention relates to bill-files comprising a backing or support and hinged or swinge able clamping-frames controlled by means of slidable clamps, together with an attached receptacle or pocket connected to or with the rear face of the body portion of the bill-file, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings hereto annexed and formingpart of this specification, Figure 1 is a bottom View of a bill-file embodying improvements of my invention. Fig. 2 is a top View of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view on the line 4 4: of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail view in perspective of one of the swingable clamps, and Fig. 6 is a sectional detail View of aportion of the receptacle whichin practice is attached to the rear face of the body or central portion of the device and is used to hold untiled or unrecorded bills.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, numeral 1 represents the body portion or supporting portion of the improved bill-file, which consists of any suitable material, preferably binders board. The skeleton frame of wire is connected with the billfile by flexible clamps 1 and 2, which are secured to the upper face of the body portion of the device. Crank-shafts 9 and 10 extend longitudinally semimidway of the device and when operated work or bear against the strap springs or lateral springs 11 and 12, which are disposed near the opposite ends of the bill-file. The clamping-wires 13 and 14 are continuations of the crank-shafts 9 and 10 and at their outer side formations deflect or incline inwardly at angles of about fifteen degrees. In order to utilize the wire or frame, which is preferably and necessarily made of or from a single piece of wire in connection with the necessary bonds to give it the proper form, it is essential to connect the disconnected ends of said wire, and for this reason the meeting ends of the wire frame are upturned at right angles from the main portion and parallel and side by side, one to the other, and a cap 17 is placed thereon to prevent disconnection of the joint.

The finger-pieces 17 on the clamping-frames are of utility not only because they connect the ends of the clamping-frame together, but they also serve as a convenient means of working the clamp, besides being ornamental in connection with the device.

While the face or front surface of the billholder exposes the current bills to the person inspecting them, the rear pocket or attachment 20 is used as a temporary depository for nnentered bills or accounts, which may at leisure be entered and adjusted in the course of business. This feature of the structure is a desideratum, for the reason that it is not at all times convenient to close the account, and it can and maybe looked over when time affords by simply placing the unsettled bills in the receptacle connected with the rear of the main support or body of the device. The knobs that connect the upturned ends of the clamping-rods are not alone ornamental, but they serve as a means whereby the wire frames may be manipulated to hold the bills within the bill-file. The springs 11 and 12 are flexible and work in seats 41 42, having stops 42* at their outer ends, the cranks 9 10 operating the springs when said cranks are manipulated.

It should be remembered that current bills are placed on file and clamped to the face of the bill-file, while the bills that are too late or are special are placed in the pocket or receptacle connected or attached to the rear of the bill-file.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a bill-file, the combination with a platen, or base, of cranked rods, or wires connected therewith near the transverse middle line thereof; compressing-springs engaging the cranks of said rods, and means for permitting longitudinal movement to said springs; substantially as specified.

2. In a bill-file of the character described, the combination with the base or support, of clamping-wires pivoted in the base or support, the ends of each Wire being upturned and connected at its upturned ends by a cap, substantially as specified.

3. In a bill file, the combination with a suitable base, orsupport,of oscillatory springpressed clamping-Wires having hearings in said base or support, and provided with meeting ends bent rectangularly and parallel, and caps, connecting the meeting ends of said 15 rods; substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE I-I. MAURER. Witnesses:

GEO. E. FRECH, DAVID L. GITT. 

